Hannah
@wilderhomestead.bsky.social
Creating a wilder smallholding in the Welsh borders. Mostly moths, sometimes butterflies, other inverts + wildflowers
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The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worse, says climate professor Bill McGuire
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:04 AM
The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
What a bonus moth on my first aid training course - Dewick’s Plusia @worcswt.bsky.social #TeamMoth
September 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
What a bonus moth on my first aid training course - Dewick’s Plusia @worcswt.bsky.social #TeamMoth
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Want to help us win £1,000? All you have to do is nominate the Bat Conservation Trust here: movementforgood.com/draws/1000/?...
All you have to do is add your contact details. Please share widely.
As a thank you, here is a cute photo of a common pipistrelle (c) Hugh Clark
All you have to do is add your contact details. Please share widely.
As a thank you, here is a cute photo of a common pipistrelle (c) Hugh Clark
August 30, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Want to help us win £1,000? All you have to do is nominate the Bat Conservation Trust here: movementforgood.com/draws/1000/?...
All you have to do is add your contact details. Please share widely.
As a thank you, here is a cute photo of a common pipistrelle (c) Hugh Clark
All you have to do is add your contact details. Please share widely.
As a thank you, here is a cute photo of a common pipistrelle (c) Hugh Clark
Full moon on the river Wye for my second Waterways Bat Survey - lots of moths and a few Daubenton’s seen🦇
@batconservation.bsky.social
#riverwye #herefordshire #bats
@batconservation.bsky.social
#riverwye #herefordshire #bats
August 30, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Full moon on the river Wye for my second Waterways Bat Survey - lots of moths and a few Daubenton’s seen🦇
@batconservation.bsky.social
#riverwye #herefordshire #bats
@batconservation.bsky.social
#riverwye #herefordshire #bats
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Temperatures have now provisionally exceeded 37°C 🌡️
Before 2026, the UK had recorded 37°C or higher on only six occasions. This year alone, we've already reached that mark three times.
Before 2026, the UK had recorded 37°C or higher on only six occasions. This year alone, we've already reached that mark three times.
August 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Temperatures have now provisionally exceeded 37°C 🌡️
Before 2026, the UK had recorded 37°C or higher on only six occasions. This year alone, we've already reached that mark three times.
Before 2026, the UK had recorded 37°C or higher on only six occasions. This year alone, we've already reached that mark three times.
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The Haywain 2026
August 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The Haywain 2026
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So pleased that the Heritage Lottery fund has awarded us a grant of £98,135 for our 'Investing in Incredible Invertebrates' Project!!!!!!
August 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
So pleased that the Heritage Lottery fund has awarded us a grant of £98,135 for our 'Investing in Incredible Invertebrates' Project!!!!!!
An exciting find in the moth trap this morning, Ancylosis oblitella Saltmarsh Knot-horn - would be first for the county I believe. We’re not inundated with salt marsh in the West Midlands! Retained for CMR #TeamMoth #Herefordshire
August 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM
An exciting find in the moth trap this morning, Ancylosis oblitella Saltmarsh Knot-horn - would be first for the county I believe. We’re not inundated with salt marsh in the West Midlands! Retained for CMR #TeamMoth #Herefordshire
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Torilis japonica, Upright Hedge Parsley
Looking for the inverts that rely on this native annual as a larval host, I found 11 species. Each of them also use multiple other members of the family Apiaceae, highlighting the importance of the family for invertebrates.
#WildflowerHour
Looking for the inverts that rely on this native annual as a larval host, I found 11 species. Each of them also use multiple other members of the family Apiaceae, highlighting the importance of the family for invertebrates.
#WildflowerHour
July 19, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Torilis japonica, Upright Hedge Parsley
Looking for the inverts that rely on this native annual as a larval host, I found 11 species. Each of them also use multiple other members of the family Apiaceae, highlighting the importance of the family for invertebrates.
#WildflowerHour
Looking for the inverts that rely on this native annual as a larval host, I found 11 species. Each of them also use multiple other members of the family Apiaceae, highlighting the importance of the family for invertebrates.
#WildflowerHour
Creeping thistles providing a food source for pollinators and Painted Lady caterpillars 🤩@westmbms-99.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 17, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Creeping thistles providing a food source for pollinators and Painted Lady caterpillars 🤩@westmbms-99.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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#BigButterflyCount is here!
Between now and the 9th August:
- spend 15 mins in a sunny spot
- count the butterflies you see
- submit your sightings
Find out more at bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
Happy counting folks! 🦋🦋🦋
Between now and the 9th August:
- spend 15 mins in a sunny spot
- count the butterflies you see
- submit your sightings
Find out more at bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
Happy counting folks! 🦋🦋🦋
July 17, 2026 at 6:44 AM
#BigButterflyCount is here!
Between now and the 9th August:
- spend 15 mins in a sunny spot
- count the butterflies you see
- submit your sightings
Find out more at bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
Happy counting folks! 🦋🦋🦋
Between now and the 9th August:
- spend 15 mins in a sunny spot
- count the butterflies you see
- submit your sightings
Find out more at bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
Happy counting folks! 🦋🦋🦋
🦇 Did you know brown long-eared bats love perching in their favourite spot and eat moths? They are not so keen on the wings though...
This photo, taken by Mike Mullis, is a collection of moth wings left by a brown long-eared bat from underneath its feeding roosts in his barn in East Sussex (cont)
This photo, taken by Mike Mullis, is a collection of moth wings left by a brown long-eared bat from underneath its feeding roosts in his barn in East Sussex (cont)
July 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Life’s been getting in the way of moth trapping unfortunately, but 40 species on Saturday night - my favourite had to be this smart little Pearl Grass-vaneer Catoptria pinella #TeamMoth North Herefordshire
July 6, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Life’s been getting in the way of moth trapping unfortunately, but 40 species on Saturday night - my favourite had to be this smart little Pearl Grass-vaneer Catoptria pinella #TeamMoth North Herefordshire
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It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄
Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇
So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves
Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage
🧵1/23
Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇
So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves
Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage
🧵1/23
June 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄
Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇
So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves
Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage
🧵1/23
Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇
So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves
Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage
🧵1/23
Lovely fresh Ringlet on my walk this morning - North Herefordshire #Butterflies
June 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Lovely fresh Ringlet on my walk this morning - North Herefordshire #Butterflies
Lunar Hornet moth to lure at Dorstone Chruch, Herefordshire @clancic.bsky.social
June 19, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Lunar Hornet moth to lure at Dorstone Chruch, Herefordshire @clancic.bsky.social
Amazing encounter with a Purple Hairstreak this evening - they usually spend their time high up in oak trees! Brilley, North Herefordshire
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social
June 18, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Amazing encounter with a Purple Hairstreak this evening - they usually spend their time high up in oak trees! Brilley, North Herefordshire
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social
Red-belted and Yellow-legged Clearwing in the garden over the last couple of days (MYO and VES lures), North Herefordshire SO24 #TeamMoth
June 17, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Red-belted and Yellow-legged Clearwing in the garden over the last couple of days (MYO and VES lures), North Herefordshire SO24 #TeamMoth
Stunning sawfly found today at Ewyas Harold Common - I believe it’s a female Abia nitens? #Sawflies #Herefordshire @andymus.bsky.social
June 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Stunning sawfly found today at Ewyas Harold Common - I believe it’s a female Abia nitens? #Sawflies #Herefordshire @andymus.bsky.social
Having not trapped for a while 46 sp was a bit of a shock this morning - best was this lovely little micro Phtheochroa rugosana, larval food plant is white bryony #TeamMoth SO24 North Herefordshire
May 27, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Having not trapped for a while 46 sp was a bit of a shock this morning - best was this lovely little micro Phtheochroa rugosana, larval food plant is white bryony #TeamMoth SO24 North Herefordshire
My #TinyPlants for this weeks #WildFlowerHour found at Moccas in Herefordshire - Heath Speedwell and Common Milkwort
May 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
My #TinyPlants for this weeks #WildFlowerHour found at Moccas in Herefordshire - Heath Speedwell and Common Milkwort
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We met a giant at Holme Fen! The largest lowland birch woodland hosting our largest birch sawfly!
May 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
We met a giant at Holme Fen! The largest lowland birch woodland hosting our largest birch sawfly!
Some great caterpillars around at the moment - nearly makes up for the awful trapping weather 🙈 Chunky Figure of 8 cat found on the school run yesterday #TeamMoth #Herefordshire
May 16, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Some great caterpillars around at the moment - nearly makes up for the awful trapping weather 🙈 Chunky Figure of 8 cat found on the school run yesterday #TeamMoth #Herefordshire